Improvement in ear-ring covers



A. HESSBLS. Ear-Ring Gavel.

l No. 207,869. Patented Sept.`10,1878.

INVBNTOR /md BYv ATTORNEYS.

N. PETERS. FNOY UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIGE.'

ANTHONY HEssELs,

OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN EAR-RING COVERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 207,869, datedSeptember 10, 1878 3 application filed August 3, 1878.

To all 'whom it may concern: 1

Be it known that I, ANTHONY HEssELs, of the city, county, and State of New-York, have invented a new and Improved Ear-Ring Cover, of which thefollowing is a specification:

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents a side view of' myimproved cover vother stone, a slit extending from the opening to thetop orapeX of the shell, and a gravity drop-plate at the inside forclosing the bottom opening of the shell.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a diamond or other ear-ring, andB a shell or cover of spherical, bell, or any :other shape. The shell orcover Ahas a bottom opening, a, of circular or other shape, and of suchsize that the diamond of the ear-ring may be readily inserted throughthe opening into the shell. A slit, b, runs from the bottom opening aalong the side of the shell to the topv or apex of the same,where it isslightly enlarged. The slit and enlarged top end of the same serve toguide the suspension ring or shank of the setting of the stone intoposition in the cover A, as shown in Fig. 2. The bottom opening a isclosed by a gravity dropplate, C, that is either of conveXo-concave,disk, or other shape, according to the shape of the shell, and somewhatlarger than the bottom opening, so as to drop over the same and close itautomatically by its own weight when the ear-ring is dropped in pendentposition. The

drop-plate is sent into the interior of the shell or cover by means ofthe bottom opening and slit. By turning the cover so that the gravitydrop-plate recedes and clears the bottom opening the shell or cover may,with little practice, be removed from the ear-ring, even while the sameis on the ear, or the ear-ring may be taken off, and then the cover puton or removed, as required. Ladies are thereby enabled to wear diamondear-rings without eX- posing them on the streets or other places, and ofremoving the covers whenever it is desired to show the diamonds. Whencovers of fanciful shape are used, the bottom plate may sometimes bedispensed with;l but in covers of spherical shape they are preferablyused.

I will here mention that the idea of inclosing the diamonds of ear-ringsby means of removable covers broadly is not new, as such have been usedheretofore, and I do not lay claim to them.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patentl. A cover or shell for ear-rings having abottom opening and slit extending therefrom, substantially as described,and for the purpose set forth.

2. A cover or shell for ear-rings having a bottom opening adapted toadmit the diamond or other stone of the ear-ring, and a side slitextending therefrom and being enlargedvat the upper end, substantiallyas specied.

3. A cover or shell for ear-rings having a bottom opening and extensionslit for inserting the diamond or other stone of the ring, incombination with an interior gravity dropplate for closing the bottomopening, substantially as shown and described.

' ANTHONY HESSELS.

IYitnesses:

PAUL GoEPEL, J. H. ScARBonoUGE.

